An unassuming man from Taranaki, Lawrie Miller's international career as a whole didn't have much to write about. He played just 13 Tests, not debuting till he was about to reach 30 and neve...Full profile

An unassuming man from Taranaki, Lawrie Miller's international career as a whole didn't have much to write about. He played just 13 Tests, not debuting till he was about to reach 30 and never even scored a half-century. In fact, he held an unwanted record of registering four successive ducks, narrowly missing a fifth by a whisker. His batting wasn't as bad as these incidents made it seem, as was evident from his domestic exploits where he was an integral part of the Central Districts and Wellington teams, racking up close to 5000 runs in first-class cricket. His nativity was the reason why a national call-up got delayed but the rest was his own undoing. Miller did have a moment to cherish though, as he produced priceless little knocks in New Zealand's first ever Test win. There wasn't a fifty in there but those runs were worth their weight in gold for the Kiwis' cricketing history. Apart from being a cricketer, Miller was also an active rugby player at the domestic level.

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